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In pursuance  of  clause  (3)  of  article  348  of  the  Constitution  of  India, the  following  translation
in English of the Maharashtra  Paramedical Council  (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Mah.  Act  No.  XXXVI of
2017),  is  hereby  published  under  the  authority  of  the  Governor.

By  order  and  in  the  name  of  the  Governor  of  Maharashtra,

PRAKASH  H.  MALI,

Principal  Secretary to  Government,

Law  and  Judiciary  Department.

MAHARASHTRA  ACT  No.  XXXVI  of  2017.

(First  published,  after  having  received  the  assent  of  the  Governor  in

the  “Maharashtra  Government  Gazette”,  on  the  3rd  May  2017.)

An  Act  to  amend  the  Maharashtra  Paramedical  Council  Act,  2011.

Mah.  VI
of  2016.

WHEREAS  it  is  expedient  to  amend  the  Maharashtra  Paramedical
Council  Act,  2011,  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  appearing;  it  is  hereby
enacted  in  the  Sixty-eighth  Year  of  the  Republic  of  India  as  follows :––

1.

(1) This  Act    may  be  called  the  Maharashtra    Paramedical  Council

(Amendment)  Act,  2017.

(2) It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date  as  the  State  Government  may,

by  notification  in  the Official  Gazette,  appoint.

Short  title
and
commence-
ment.

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(1)

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Amendment
of  long  title
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

2.

In  the  long  title  of  the  Maharashtra  Paramedical  Council  Act,  2011
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘ the principal Act ’’), for the words ‘‘ paramedical
practitioners ’’  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be
substituted.

Mah.  VI
of  2016.

Amendment
of  preamble
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

Amendment
of  section    2
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

Amendment
of  section  4
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

Amendment
of  section  19
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

Amendment
of  section  22
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

3.

In  the  preamble  to  the  principal  Act,  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical
practitioners ’’  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be
substituted.

4.

In  section  2  of  the  principal  Act,––

(a) after  clause  (c),  the  following  clause  shall  be  inserted,  namely :––

‘‘ (c-a) ‘‘ paramedical practicing personnel ’’ means the person engaged
in  the  provision  of  services  ancillary  to  or  required  as  assistance  in  the
teaching or practice or both of the modern scientific medicine or Ayurvedic
system  or  Unani  system  or  Homeopathic  system  of  medicine,  as  their
principal  occupation ; ’’;

(b) for  clause  (i),  the  following  clause  shall  be  substituted,  namely :––

‘‘ (i)  ‘‘ registered  paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  means  the

paramedical  practicing  personnel  registered  under  section  26 ; ’’.

5.

In  section  4  of  the  principal  Act,  in  sub-section  (1),––

(a)  after  clause  (v),  the  following  clause  shall  be  inserted,  namely :––

‘‘ (v-a) The President of the Maharashtra Council of  Indian Medicine,

ex-officio  member; ’’;

(b) in clause (vii), for the words ‘‘ paramedical practitioners ’’ the words

‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted.

6.

In  section  19  of  the  principal  Act,  in  sub-section  (2),––

(a) in  clause  (d),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practitioners ’’  the  words

‘‘paramedical  practicing  personnel’’  shall  be  substituted  ;

(b)  in  clause  (e),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practitioner ’’  the  words

‘‘paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted.

7.

In  section  22  of  the  principal  Act,––

(a) in  sub-section  (3),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practitioners ’’  the

words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted  ;

(b) in  sub-section  (4),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practitioners ’’,  at
both  the  places  where  they  occur,  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing
personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted ;

(c) in  sub-section  (5),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practitioner ’’  the

words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted.

Amendment
of  section  26
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

8.

In  section  26  of  the  principal  Act,––

(a) in  sub-section  (1),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practitioners ’’  the

words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted ;

(b) in  sub-section  (2),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practititoner ’’  the

words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted ;

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(c) in  sub-section  (3),  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practitioner ’’  the

words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted .

9.

In  section  28  of  the  principal  Act,  in  sub-section  (2),  for  the  words
‘‘ paramedical  practitioner ’’  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’
shall  be  substituted.

10.

In  section  31  of  the  principal  Act,  in  sub-section  (1),  for  the  words
‘‘ paramedical  practitioner ’’,  at  both  the  places  where  they  occur,  the  words
‘‘ paramedical  practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted.

11.

In  section  32  of  the  principal  Act,  for  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical
practitioner ’’,  at  both  the  places  where  they  occur,  the  words  ‘‘ paramedical
practicing  personnel ’’  shall  be  substituted.

Amendment
of  section  28
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

Amendment
of  section  31
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

Amendment
of  section  32
of  Mah.  VI  of
2016.

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